Staunton r. The circulation of the Spectator is about as great as the combined circulation of both the other papers published in this place, and has as many subscribers in this county alone as are contained in the whole subscription list of either of the other papers. ._«_. The post office at Doe Hill, Highland county, has been discontinued. ■ %»—. . A. G. Points, opposite First National Bank, advertises salt, tea, bags, sugar, coffee, &amp;amp;c, and wishes to buy grain of all kinds. ■ m . A. Chap", in, school commissioner, Easton, Talbot county, Md., wants a number of male and female teachers. See adv. ._»_. We invite attention to the advertisement ofthe "Tinkling Sprir g High School" by Mr. J. S. Raymond. This is a good school and the charges moderate. ■»■ Mr. Geo. Dugdale, 97 and 105 Smith's Wharf, Baltimore, advertise reliable bone fertilizers.— For sale by Geo. E. Price, Staunton, and Wm. With row, Jr., Waynesboro. .♦-. We are glad to learn that we are to have another Buil...

11 For best specimen barley. 12 For 2nd " ditto 13 For best " buckwheat, 14 for 2nd " ditto 15 for best clover hay. 16 for 2nd " ditto 17 for best timothy or other hay. 18 for 2nd " ditto 19 for best specimen clover seed. 20 for 2nd " ditto 21 for best specimen timothy seed. 22 for 2nd " ditto 23 for largest and best collection of above the preduct of one farm. 24 for 2nd vl ditto BRANCH Xl. — Embroidery, §c. CLASS I. 1 For the best specimen of embroidery in worsted. 2 for 2nd " ditto 3 for 3rd " ditto 4 for 4th " ditto 5 for the best specimen crochet work. G for 2nd " ditto 7 for 3rd " ditto 8 for 4th " ditto CLASS ll.— Tailoring, 1 For the best made coat. 2 for 2nd " ditto 3 for the best made vest. 4 for 2nd best ditto 5 for the best made pants. 6 for 2nd " ditto 7 for the best made overcoat. 8 for 2nd " ditto 9 for the best suit—coat, pants and vest. 10 for 2nd " ditto CLASS and Mantua-making. 1 For the best and handsomest bonnet. 2 for 2nd " ditto 3 for the best and handsomest c...

Staunton jipdator. j_____Tuesday, August 4, 186 S. Democratic Conservative Ticket. FOR PRESIDENT, HON. HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, GEBT. FRANCIS P. BEAIR, OF MISSOURI. STATE TICKET. AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION! FOR GOVERNOR, COL. ROBERT E. WITHERS, OP CAMPBELL COUNTY. FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, GEN. JAMES A. WALKER, OP PULASKI COUNTY. FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL, J. L. MARYE, Jr., OP SPOTSYLVANIA. FOR CONGRESS FOR THE STATE AT LARGE, COL. MARMADTJKE JOHNSON, OP RICHMOND CITY. ShaU Virginia be Dumb? We have noticed the fact that the Electoral College Bill was passed over the President's veto. By this bill the Radical Congress would exclude from the Electoral College the electors from Virginia, Mississippi and Texas—it would deny to these States any vote in the Presidential election. Shall the voice of Virginia be thus stifled? Shall that State which did more than any other to establish the Government of the United States have no voice in the selection of its Chief Magistrat...

Statton iigdator. Wo invite attention to Mrs. Tipping's advertisement of her school. —. .—•.— H. Ker &amp;amp; Bro., are agents for the sale of Pacific Guano. Call at their commission house, Burwell's corner. »-•.. The Editors of the Lexington Gazette and Banner pray their patrons to remember tbem "not in their prayers but in their pockets." .— "A colored lady" advertises in a Chicago paper for a respectable white nurse —address ''box 1415." There's a nic;) opening for some she-radical. We congratulate our neighbor of the Vindicator on his having purchased a power press, with which he will be enabled to print his journal in better style than heretofore. . .. We invite attention to the card of Dr. A. M. Henkel, who has located in this place for the purpose of practicing his profession, and commend him to the community. —__ _#.. Dr. J. H. Fultz, a recent graduate of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, offers his professional services to the citizens of Staunton and vicinitj'....

Volume XLV. Jtoniim Jljjtciator. PUBLISHED EYEKY TUESDAY MOBJriWG »- Richard MaAizy &amp;amp; Co. TuisCßlPfioN RATES. Advance Payments. . _ • ' For 1 yr., $3 in Currepay,-or equivalent in bpecie. " 6 mo., 1.85, . t „' ■ ''j, " 3 mo., 1.00, uti _"'_ • ___l A * '•* * I * ' / ..•».• m p os tponed rayments. If notpnid in advance, additions to the ahovb .harges will be made as follows :—lf paymenfa be delayed for three months, an addition of 111 per cent, will be charged ; if for 6 months, 2o per cent. ; and if for 12 months, h0 per cent. %&amp;amp;- The rates in currency wall be changed from time to time as the price of specie may rise ° l TEST Subscriptions will not be discontinued, except at the option of tho Editor, till all arrearages be paid. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will he inserted at the rate of One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less, for the first and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. Unless the number of insertions be maked upon the manuscript it w...

Spectator. Tuesday, August 11, 1868. Democratic Conservative Ticket. FOR PRESIDENT, HOtf. HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, «EN. FRANCIS P. BEAIR, OF MISSOURI. TICKET. AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION! FOR GOVERNOR, COL. ROBERT E. WITHERS, OF CAMPBELL COUNTY. FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, GEN. JAMES A. WALKEK, OF PUIASKI COUNTY. FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL, J. L. MARYE, Jr., OF SPOTSYLVANIA. ,___t_ rrrrv STATE AT LARGE, FOR roL N MAR£u)rai ! JOHNSON, OF RICHMOND CITY. The Democrats and Conservatives have swept Kentucky by an overwhelming majority. It is thought that Stevenson, (Democrat) is elected Governor by nearly ninety thousand majority. Three cheers for old Kentuck! 0 ■»i — A large Conservative meeting, composed of citizens from many ofthe States, was held at the Greenbrier W T hite Sulphur Springs, last week. Appropriate resolutions were passed and animated addresses delivered. From all parts ofthe country we hear but one report—the people are rising in their might, determined to...

£jptetor. The Executive Committee of the Augusta County Bible Society will meet at the house of Geo. P. Baker, on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Important business requires prompt attention. . -+-. See advertisement of set of marble top furniture for sale. Enquire at this Office. ■ »' The valuable farm of Jacob Ruff, dec'd, will be sold on Thursday next, the 13th instant. »-»-. Gov. Seymour's letter of acceptance will be found in another column and will be read with tbe deepest interest. Bread it. .-«— . A minister who was expostulated with by a member of his congregation for using notes, said he would willingly dispense with notes if they would pay him the cash. TO DELINQUENTS. Some of our subscribers forgot to pay up this Summer. The secret serpent has hissed! Pay up! Bloody bill! The yaller coffin grins ! Pay your subscriptions promptly! The bones rattle ! The frizzled cat mews ! Death to traitors! Three dollars a year! Your doom is sealed ! _*-■ 1 Mr. Geo. Simmerman, an old and r...

[From the Meridian(Miss.) Gazette.] The Carpet-Bagger. BY JACK CASS. air— "Joe Bowers." I am a carpet-bagger— I*ve a brother, scalawag — Come South to boast and swagger With an empty carpet bag: To rob the whites of greenbacks, And with the blacks to "bunk,'' And change my empty satchel For a full sole leather trunk. I'm "some" on "constitootions'' For a "late rebellious state,;' And I'm "some" on persecution Of disloyal men I hate:' I'm "some" at nigger meetings When white folks aint about, And "some" among the nigger gals, When their manns don't know there out. I'm 'some" On a Convention, Where T draw an X per day, And opposed to all adjournments, If I only draw my pay. I drew it down at Jackson, Where four months I kept my seat, And laid a heavy tax on All you wear and drink and eat. But now my day is over, The Constitootion's killed: Again I am a rover, And my pockets are not filled; All my money has been spent on An electioneering bum — Farewell to Mississippi— O, "I wish I wos...

Volume XLV. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MOBHIXG IT " Advance Fay meats. Kor 1 yr., $3 in Currency, or equivalent in Specie. " 6 mo., 1.85, " " " " " - 3 mo., 1.00, '« v " v " Postponed Payments. If not paid in advance, additions to the above charges will be made as follows -.—lf payments be delayed for three months, an addition of 12! per cent, will be charged; if for 6 months, 25 per cent.; and if for 12 months, 50_»«r cent. j&amp;amp;~ The rates in currency will be changed from time to time as the price of specie may rise or fall. , j!_Sr Subscriptions will not be discontinued, except at the option ofthe Editor, till all arrearages be paid. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less, for the first and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. Unless the number of insertions be maked upon the manuscript it will be published until forbid and charged accordingly. of* Obituaries, Announcements of Candidate* for Office, ...

Tuesday, August 18, 1868. Democratic Conservative Ticket. TOE, PBESIDENT, HO\. HORATIO SIAMOIR. OF NEW YORK. FOIt VICE PRESIDENT, GEN. FRANCIS I\. BI_AIR. OF MISSOURI. STATE TICKET. AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION! FOR GOVERNOR, COL. ROBERT E. WITHERS, OF CAMPBELL COUNTY. FOR LIEUTENANT-G OVERNOR, GEN. JAMES A. WALKER, OP PULASKI COUNTY. FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL, J. L. MAR YE, Jr., OP srOTSYLYANIA. POP CONGRESS FOR THE STATE AT LARGE, COL MARMADTJKE JOHNSON, OF RICHMOND CITY. The Valley Railroad. The estimated cost to build the Valley Railroad from Harrisonburg to Salem is about i_4 - 000 000. The State of Va., no longer subscribes its three fifths ofthe cost out ofthe State at large, hence the whole amount must be raised by the people directly interested; viz: the three counties along the road. The population to Augusta would be about $1,500,--000. And yet only the upper end of this county is particularly interested, and that end is reported to be opposed to county subscriptions to Railroads....

iifiittntffit Jigctator. Tlie editor, who left several weeks since, is still in Lcwi-burg, W. Va. If he stays much longer the "devil says he will take chief control and "run the machine to suit himself. He is erratic in his views, don't agree with the editor upon some questions, and vows that he will make the train reach its destination on time or "bust tbe biler." He is deaf to all appeals, is indifferent to danger, don't mind down grades, but puts on steam without regard to probable consequences. The editor had better hurry backA gentleman and his wife desire board in a small private family. Apply at this office. -~-m. An important meeting of the Executive Committee of the Augusta County Bible Society will be held at the house of Geo. P. Baker, on Friday evening next, at S o'clock. A full attendance desired. By order of President. —1 . ■ %.. : Attention is called to the advertisement of seed wheat for sale by Col. Rell. C. A. Heller is constantly receiving new goods at Bruce's cor...

The Twins. In form and foature, face and limb, I grew so like my brother, That often folks took me for him, And each for one another. It jjuzzled all, both kith and kin; It reached a dreadful pitch ; For one of us was born a twin, And not a soul knew which. One day to make the matter worse, Before our names were fixed, As we were being washed by nurse, We got completely mixed. And so you see by fate's decree, Or rather nurse's whim — My brother John was christened "me," And I was christened "him." The fatal likeness ever dogged Our footsteps when at school, For I was always getting flogged If John turned out a fool. In fact, year after year, the same Absurd mistake went on, And when I died the neighbors came And buried brother "John." ■ . • Burial Song of the Carpet-Bagger. Not a drum was heard nor a funeral note, As his corpse to oblivion we hurried; Not a groan escaped a gentleman's throat When the carpet-bagger was buried. We buried him deep in dirty soilSo deep that they will ne...

Volume XLV. PUBLISHED EVERY TTTESDAY MOBMIXG BY Richard Maxizy &amp;amp; Q2i~ RATES. Advance Payments. For 1 yr., $3 in Currency, or equivalent in Specie. " 6 mo., 1.85, " " 3 nifl., 1.00, Postponed Payments. If not paid in advance, additions to the above charges will be made as follows: —If payments be delayed for three months, an addition of 12J per cent, will be charged ; if for G months, 26 per cent. ; and if for 12 months, 50 per cent. j2_@- The rates in currency will be changed from time to time as the price of specie may rise or fall. J2_£r- Subscriptions will not be discontinued, except at the option ofthe Editor, till all arrearages be paid. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less, for the first and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. Unless the number of insertions be maked upon the manuscript it will b», published until forbid and charged accordingly. p?y Obituaries, Announcements of Candidates...

.Sptriater. ____. Tuesday, August 25, 1868. Democratic Conservative Ticket. FOR PRESIDENT, HON. HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, GEN. FRANCIS P. BLAIR, OF MISSOURI. The Situation. Thad. Stevens is dead—it is rumored that Grant is going to withdraw from the Presidential contest-thc York Herald is strongly Democratic— the Railroad Election takes place next Thursday—the editor is absent and has written us a letter which will be read with interest Editorial Correspondence. Lewisburg, Greenbrier, Co., W. Va, Friday, August 21st 18G8. I observe by the last issue of the Spectator, that I am admonished to "hurry back" to Staunton as the "devil" threatens to take "chief control" of the Spectator and to "run the machine," as he calls it, to suit himself.— He favors a "down grade" of course, not only because the running is easier— facilis descensus averni—but because it leads towards his home. If this threat were not sufficient to hasten my return, what I witnessed in the Cour...

_§t.ttmtott £gjtfator. Tij_iiJwT_rcbrwTY covkt. j\_ July 27th, 186 a Ordered, that the day heretofore appointed for taking the vote on the question of authorizing a subscription of $300,000 by the county of Augusta, to the stock of the Chesapeake &amp;lt;fc Ohio R. R. Company, be postponed and is hereby fixed for Thursday, the 27th day of August next. A copy—teste, WM. A. BURNETT, Clerk. Town papers copy tde and charge county. _»_. We notice that Mr- C. A. Heller, Bruce's corner, has just received a new supply of the many different styles of laces, which is glorious news for the ladies. Go and examine them. There will be a Soiree Dansante at the Warm Springs on Friday evening next, August 25th.— Mess. Darnall &amp;amp; Rivercomb are keeping this watering place in fine style and it is largely patronized. . ♦_■ We invite the attention readers to the advertisement of Messrs. D. F. Haynes and R. Coyner, Jr., who have opened a large and varied assortment of Goods at Mount Vernon ...

Tlie Psalm of Love. What the gizzard of the young man said to his friend who had just been kicked. Tell me not—you can't deceive me— "Love is but an empty dream ;" You had better far believe me; Women are not what they seem. Love is real! Love is earnest! Spooneyism's not the plan — "Pup thou art, to pup returnest,'' Was not spoken of a man. O'er the flirts broad field of battle, In the oft-tried flight of love, Be not like a baby's rattle; Be an eagle for your dove. Trust no female howe'er pleasant; Let the spooney heed her vows ; Hug—kiss—in the living-sPresent! Never minding future rows ! Lives of flirts do all remind us We can have a first-rate time;. Or, rejected, leave behind Us— (Here I cannot make a rhyme.) Something, that some poor green devil, Pitching in where we have tried — Some poor fool whose head's not level — Seeing, takes her for his bride. Let us then go in for lying With a heart for any fate; And while for answer we are dying, Make it pay if we must wait. O T JV ...

Volume XLV. Jit atmtan Ppedgtor. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY _E_ic_iard IVlaiozy _fc Co. Subscription rates. Advance Payments. For 1 yr., $8 in Currency, or equivalent in Specie. " (5 mo., 1.85, " " •' 3mo, 1.00, Postponed Payments. If not paid in advance, additions to the above charges will be made as follows: —If payments be delayed for three months, an addition of 12. per cent, will bo charged; if for 6 months, 25 per cent.; and if for 12 months, er cent. J_3T The rates in currency will be changed from time to time as the price of specie may rise or fall. j£®~ Subscriptions will not be discontinued, except at the option ofthe Editor, till all arrearages bo paid. ADVERTISING RATES. Advki.tisemkxts will be inserted at the rate of One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less, for the first and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. Unless the number of insertions be maked upon the manuscript it will be published until forbid and charged accordingly. __~ Qbitparies, Announcem...

Tuesday, September 1, 1868. Democratic Conservative Ticket. FOE PEESIDENT, HON. HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF NEW YORK. FOE VICE PEESIDENT, GEN. FRANCIS P. BLAIR. OF MISSOURI. STATE TICKET. AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION! FOR GOVERNOR, COL. ROBERT E. WITHERS, OP CAMPBELL CO-NTT. FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, GEN. JAMES A. WALKER, OP PULASKI COUNTY. FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL, J. L. MAR YE, Jr., OP SPOTSYLVANIA. FOR CONGRESS FOR THE STATE AT LARGE, COL. MARMADUKE JOHNSON, OP RICHMOND CITY. The Railroad Subscription. Although a majority of the vote cast was in favor of the county subscription to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, yet inasmuch as the law requires three-fifths of the whole vote cast in order to carry it—the mere majority is insufficient. Augusta for the first time in her history thus takes a step backwards from the front to the rear rank in the march of public enterprize, and is the only county in Virginia which has yet refused aid to this great State work. We trust that this vote may not be const...